Crossbow.



PATBNTBD lMAY 19, 1903.

H. SGHRAMM.

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UNITED STAT-EsY PATENT Patented May 19, 1903.

OFFICE.

HEINRICH sCHRAMM., CE ANUREIIIRERG, GERMANY, -ASSICNCR CE CNEHALF To LECNHARD SCHMIDT, 0E NUREMBERG, GERMAN-Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,504, dated May 19, 1903.

l Application filed October 30, 1902. Serial No. 129,424. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:A

Be it known that I, HEINRICH SCHRAMM, founder, a subject of the King of Bavaria, residing at No. 6a Solgerstrasse, Nuremberg,

Bavaria,Germany, have invented certain newl and useful Improvements in Orossbows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Heretofore it has been well known in thisA art to combine with hand-arms vused for toys and sports an appliance for throwing balls andv the like, as may be seen on reference to German Patent No. 97,554; but so far many disadvantages have existed which rendered its use with any degree of accuracy almost impossible. To this type of device it was also the practice to apply a net or any other suitable device for catching the balls, for instance, from an opponent in a game played with these devices or when shooting the balls in the air. Such an attachmentis seen in German Patent No. 91,493; but these devices have been heretofore too complicated and unv-u weldy for use by children.

The object of my invention is to produce a new and improved contrivance which may be used equally as Well as a toy and in sports, and owing to the simplicity of the device the cost of manufacture of theV same is much cheapened.

In the accompanying drawing my improved crossbow is shown in a viewfrbm above, parts broken away.

a holder h, receiving the ball g and holding f it in position so that the bolt o when driven outward will hit the ball and dart it away.

The bolt itself is fixed to the traverse d and does not fly out of the tube. A net e', fixed on the top edge ofthe tube, is to catch the ballif the crossbow` is employed in sport.-

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the type set forth,the combination with a shaft of a crossbow, a tube having parallel slots in the sides thereof mounted thereon, bow-arms secured to the tube at opposite points thereon, a bolt slid-- ingly mounted within said tube, pins formed thereon adapted to slide in the slots of the tube, a transverse bar secured to the rear of said bolt, connecting means between said transverse bar and the said bow, and a ballholder secured to the tube having catching means extending outwardlytherefrom, substantiallyas described.

I n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HEINRICH SCHRAMM. Witnesses:

ALEX WIELE, MAX SCHNEIDER. 

